Garment hanger



June 11, 1935. c. w. KELLERTH GARMENT HANGER Filed April 6, 1932' Ms WMm m I'm m W P. A

V Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates generally to hangers for garments andparticularly to hangers for two part garments such as trousers.

One object of the invention is the provision of a unique hanger which issimple yet rugged in construction and economical of manufacture.

Another object is to provide a hanger which is adapted while supportedin its normal manner, to receive the garment to be suspended therefromby an upward thrust of the garment.

A further object is the provision of a-hanger of simple but ruggedconstruction the body of which is formed from a single endless piece ofspring-wire and is thus free from sharp ends and burrs.

Qther objects of the invention will become apparent from the followingdetailed description in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hanger embodying the features of theinvention. A pair of trouser legs is shown attached thereto, in dottedoutline.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a clip of the hanger.

While in its broadest conception the invention is not limited for usewith any particular type of garment, it is here shown and willhereinafter be described, for purposes of illustration, as embodied in ahanger adapted for use with mens trousers, which are usually suspendedby the bottoms of the legs and should preferably be held in such amanner as to maintain thepress. This is most effectively accomplished bya hanger which retains the legs individually and in a manner such thatthe weight of the trousers is carried by the pressed edges of the legs.More specifically stated, each of the trouser legs is best attached, asshown in Fig. 1, to a separate hanger member of resilient constructionwhich is partially received within the leg and grips the leg at thepressed edges thereof. When,

so supported each leg is independently held with the leg distended andthe weight of the trouser carried by the pressed edges.

To this end the body of the hanger is here shown as comprising twomembers similarly shaped and positioned in spaced substantially parallelplanes. Each member is made from spring-wire, of a gauge suitable forworking and to give the desired strength, bent to form an invertedU-shaped intermediate portion 5 and reversely bent end portions 6.Offsets I may be formed in the intermediate portion 5 to make the samestronger and more rigid. To facilitate manufacture of the hanger andattachment of the hanger to the garment, the intermediate portion 5merges with the end portions 6 through a gently rounded curve 8.

Each of the end portions 6 terminates in a downwardly openingspring-clip 9 formed by 5 bending the portions upon themselves so thatone part thereof in its normal position bears firmly but yieldablyagainst the other. A lip I is-formed on the clip to facilitate insertionof the garment in the clip. The inverted U- shaped intermediate portionis employed to lend a degree of yieldability and is preferred to anupright U-portion because of a lesser tendency of the weight of thegarment secured in the spring-clips to tilt the hanger.

The members have a common hook II attached to the top of theintermediate portion 5 in any suitable manner, such as by soldering,which hook also serves to interconnect and space the members. To add tothe strength and 2 rigidity of the hanger it is desirable tointerconnect the members at their ends also by means such as thestraight sections IZ. Preferably this is accomplished by forming bothmembers from a single piece of wire as here shown. This is easily andmost satisfactorily done when one of the interconnecting sections I2contains the midpoint of the piece of wire employed while the ends ofthe wire are bent to form the other section. The ends are securedtogether, by welding or the like, and the wire thus madeendless. When soformed from a single piece of wire, all corners of the members arerounded and smooth and there are no, sharp edges or burrs on which thegarment can catch, and this smooth but rugged construction isaccomplished without twisting of the wire.

Each of the members of the hanger so formed is adapted to be receivedwithin the open lower end of a trouser leg as shown in Fig. 1, with thepressed edges of the leg gripped in the clips 9. The U-shapedintermediate portion, the rounded corners 8 and the spring-wire give tothe hanger a desired degree of resiliency adapting the hang er for usewith any width of trouser leg. In its undistorted form, the hanger islonger than the width of a trouser leg and in the insertion into the legis slightly distorted to adapt the hanger to. theparticular width leg.Insertion of the hanger into the leg is facilitated by the roundedcorners 8, which first enter the leg. Whatever the width of the legwithin the normal variations, the hanger will hold the leg distended andwhen properly attached will tend to remove the trouser is carried by thepressed edges.

It will be apparent that the trouser is quickly and easily attached tothe hanger by merely slipping each of the trouser legs, in succession orsimultaneously, over a member and into the clips 9. This may be donewithout special manipulation ot the spring-clips 9. Likewise thetrousers may be removed merely by the application of a downward forcegreater than the weight 01' the trousers.

To permit the trouser legs to be slipped onto the hanger by a mereupward movement while the hanger remains on the rod or member whichsupports it, the hook II is formed with a substantially closed loop, thelower part or the loop being shaped to form an abutment adapted to bearagainst the rod or supporting member without tending to cam the hangerof! of the rod. In the present instance this is accomplished by makingthe lower part l3 of the loop of the hook H straight and substantiallyhorizontal. When, then, by the upward movement resulting in theattachment of the garment to the hanger, the lower part I3 is brought tobear against the rod or supporting member, it will remain on the rodand'will not be cammed of! as in a construction having an outwardlysloping part. The shape of'the hook ll thus cooperates with thedownwardly opening clips 9 to facilitate attachment of the garment tothe hanger.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hanger for trousers comprising a pair of similar w-shaped wiresarranged side-by-side in spaced positions, downwardly opening springclips formed from opposite ends of each wire and adapted to receive andclamp the opposite sides of a leg of said trousers, a separately formedhook for suspending said wires attached to the wires intermediate theirends and forming a rigid connection between the two maintaining them inspaced relation.

2. A hanger for trousers comprising a pair of similar w-shaped wiresarranged side-by-side bagglness from the knee because the weight of inspaced positions, downwardly opening spring clips formed irom oppositeends 0! each wire and adapted to receive and clamp the opposite sides ofa leg of said trousers, a hook rigidly connecting said wiresintermediate their ends and maintaining the intermediate portions oi thelatter in spaced relation, and means rigidly connecting the wiresadjacent said clips whereby to maintain the latter in spaced relation.

3. A hanger for trousers comprising a pair of elongated pieces of wiredisposed side by side, a member connecting said wires intermediate theirends for suspension from a support, a pair of downwardly opening springclips formed from opposite end portions of each of said pieces, theextreme ends of said wires being bent laterally from said clips andrigidly connected to each other so as to be maintained in spacedsubstantially parallel relation.

4. A hanger for trousers comprising a single piece of wire bent into theform of two laterally spaced substantially parallel members of wshapewith downwardly opening and rigidly connected clips at their adjacentends, and means by which said member may be suspended from a pointintermediate their ends.

5. A hanger for trousers comprising a single piece of wire bent into theform of two laterally spaced substantially parallel members of generallyW-shape with their opposite ends extending upwardly and then reverselyto form four downwardly opening clips and finally laterally to rigidlyconnect the adjacent clips.

6. A hanger for trousers comprising a single piece of wire bent into theform of two laterally spaced substantially parallel members of generallyw-shape with their opposite ends extending upwardly and then reverselyto form four downwardly opening clips and finally laterally to rigidlyconnect the adjacent clips, and a separately formed hook member rigidlyconnecting said first mentioned members intermediate their ends.

CARL

3 KELLERTH.

